Training Day, Ransom Cancelled at CBS

The cancellation of CBS’ two lowest-rated and least-watched dramas, reported by TV by the Numbers, leaves the network with no shows still on the bubble, seeing as the reality-TV series Undercover Boss (which is currently airing Season 8) was picked up for a ninth cycle on Wednesday morning.

An international co-production, Ransom premiered in January and averaged 3.5 million total viewers with a 0.4 demo rating in its Saturday time slot.

Training Day launched in February, airing Thursdays-at-10 slot, but got moved to Saturdays after its numbers dipped to 4 mil and a 0.7 — and in the wake of series lead Bill Paxton’s death. Season-to-date, it has averaged 3.6 mil and a 0.6, with its finale airing this Saturday.

As far as I heard, it is still allive at Global (Canada) and TF1 (France), the two networks who originally ordered it. RTLGroup, which airs the series on their network VOX, seems to be out to, as they recently moved the series to 11pm from a former 9~something-pm scheduling place. That’s what I can tell as beeing someone related to television in Germany.
As long as ratings are solid for Global and TF1, there is a good chance to return.
But the series isn’t really worth returning, to be honest.

I did as well…I thought the show and Bill Paxton was awesome… We always lose the best shows I’m so sorry that happened to Bill passing too early. This show is so good I love prison break too.. I thought that was one of the best shows I’ve ever watched….Training Day just kept getting better and better.. what a travesty

I’m sure I just missed the post but did CBS ever officially cancel Pure Genius? I know they didn’t order any new episodes past the initial 13 and it was ‘essentially cancelled’, but was it ever officially?

Maybe (unless something happens in the next two weeks since I know she is coming to help) it means we see more of Katrina Law on Arrow. Nyssa might have some issues she wants to address with Black Siren given she is wearing the face of her best friend and her love’s sister and she might be a good mentor/trainer for Dinah Drake (seriously, they are going to have to sort that out since Black Siren doesn’t actually go by Laurel, she seems to use her own first name).

Ransom was OK. It was a nice change of pace from standard American cop or crime shows like how Motive was the past few years.

Here’s my thing, though. Why did CBS even bother making it and then airing it on Saturday night from day one? That is where you burn off canceled show episodes. The show never had a chance from day one.

CBS shows are built to appease surface level baby boomers who have low end intellectual needs. To them everything needs to be literal, obvious and completely avoid subtext and any semblance of intelligent writing in order to sell the pills. They are the only ones still watching TV advertisements anymore afterall. I’m so glad that generation will be dead soon. Worst generation we’ve ever had.

Patrick Munn @ TVWise has said that Ransom is not cancelled.
The 4 production partners (CBS, RTL, TF1 & Global) haven’t yet made a decision on if the series will return!
This needs to be made clear in the report as its current version is misleading and inaccurate!
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I hate CBS. They do this crap all the time. So there is suppose to be the remaining shows of Training Day still left. So they are just going to let those go in the trash? That was a really good show and i was really looking forward to seeing the rest of the shows. What else is new. Thanks CBS for nothing.